Rick Stein travels to St Ives to meet one of Britain’s little-known artists, Alfred Wallis. In the shadow of Bodmin Moor, Rick visits a very rare collection of medieval stained-glass windows in the church of St Neot. It is here he ticks off an item on his bucket list by taking part in a rather unusual celebration called Oak Apple Day, marking the occasion when Charles II became king. \n\nAnd on the Cornish border with Devon, Rick meets\na lamb farmer who is on a mission to rear the best lamb in the county, inspiring Rick to cook a delicious lamb stew called a Navarin.
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Series 2: Episode 9
Rick is in Falmouth, discovering that far from being 'that bit on the end of Britain’, Cornwall used to be at the very heart of the British Empire’s communication sy ...
08-03-2025
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Series 2: Episode 8
On a visit to a dairy, Rick meets a man who is paid to eat 700 samples of cheese a week and cooks his sumptuous cheese and chive scones. His next stop is the salty old fishing t ...
01-03-2025
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Series 2: Episode 7
Rick boards the ferry in Penzance to take him to the Isles of Scilly, a group of islands which were once part of Cornwall. Here, he finds out about the islands’ rich histo ...
22-02-2025
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Series 2: Episode 6
Cornish king crab is on the menu for Rick as he heads out of Newquay to catch and cook this tasty crustacean.\n\nAfterwards, he takes a trip inland to Bodmin Moor to meet Robin ...
15-02-2025
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Series 2: Episode 5
Following in the footsteps of one of his literary heroes, Rick roams the dramatic north Cornish coast to tell the story of one of Britain’s best-loved writers, Thomas Hard ...
08-02-2025
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Series 2: Episode 4
Cornwall has more than its fair share of folktales. Perhaps the most famous is found near Land’s End, where Rick recounts the tale of the Mermaid of Zennor.\n\nA short dis ...
01-02-2025
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Series 2: Episode 3
Rick meets Springwatch presenter and biologist Gillian Burke, who takes Rick on a walk through a rare habitat called an Atlantic temperate rainforest on the banks of the Helford ...
25-01-2025
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Series 2: Episode 2
Rick Stein travels to St Ives to meet one of Britain’s little-known artists, Alfred Wallis. In the shadow of Bodmin Moor, Rick visits a very rare collection of medieval st ...
18-01-2025
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Series 2: Episode 1
Rick Stein takes a trip back in time to his early days running a nightclub in Padstow before a bracing dip in Bude's stunning sea pool. Then Rick braves the notoriously wild Atl ...
04-01-2025
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Series 3: Episode 10
Rick drops in on the fishing port of Boscastle and finds a fabulous seafood restaurant in a building that once housed rockets used to fire safety ropes out to sinking ships. A t ...
26-07-2024
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Series 1: Episode 12
Rick is on the beautiful Roseland Peninsula. He begins his journey at a spot thought to have been visited by Jesus, which inspired the hymn Jerusalem. At the picturesque town of ...
01-08-2023
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Series 3: Episode 3
Rick visits Europe’s largest tea plantation beside the River Fal in Cornwall, where conditions are just right for the perfect cuppa. He indulges in his greatest pleasure, ...
06-03-2024
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Series 1: Episode 10
Rick heads into the bowels of Cornwall, deep into the china clay pits to discover what is known locally as white gold, one of this county’s most important industries. He t ...
28-07-2023
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Series 2: Episode 8
On a visit to a dairy, Rick meets a man who is paid to eat 700 samples of cheese a week and cooks his sumptuous cheese and chive scones. His next stop is the salty old fishing t ...
01-03-2025
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Series 1: Episode 2
Deep in the Cornish countryside, Rick Stein takes us to meet an extraordinary family who are making some of the best Gouda cheese in Britain, from which he cooks a tortilla dish ...
18-07-2023
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Series 3: Episode 7
Rick boards the King Harry Ferry to enjoy a crossing voted one of the most scenic in the world. Once safely across the River Fal, he explores his passion for fresh and unusual s ...
23-07-2024
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Series 2: Episode 10
In our fields and hedgerows are plants that are delicious as well as plants that are deadly, as Rick learns from a professional forager who takes him on a tour around the beauti ...
18-08-2023
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Series 3: Episode 8
Rick delves into the stories of those who worked in Cornwall’s mines, from the men who laboured in extreme heat a full hour’s journey beneath the earth's surface to ...
24-07-2024
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Series 1: Episode 6
Rick journeys inland from the majestic Camel Estuary to one of Britain’s finest vineyards, where he joins in harvesting the grapes to discover that the Cornish weather is ...
24-07-2023
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Series 2: Episode 7
Rick boards the ferry in Penzance to take him to the Isles of Scilly, a group of islands which were once part of Cornwall. Here, he finds out about the islands’ rich histo ...
22-02-2025
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